Propaganda.
Most leases are not drilled because 3D seismic has made clear there is nothing to be found there.
The world needs to wrap its mind around some truths:
1) It doesn’t matter if oil is biotic or abiotic. It only exists in certain places over 100 yrs of study have made clear. Empty wells are plugged and abandoned for a reason. If you knew it was going to refill, you would not plug it.
2) Shale happened because interest rates went to zero. Not high price or low price. Interest rates.
3) Shale oil is not the same as conventional oil. It has different % constituents of diesel and kerosene.
4) There is no law of the universe that says America will always have enough.
If there’s no usable oil to be found in those lands, then why do the Dims block drilling there?